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NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge

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NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:45 PM
How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling? NASA has launched a multi-player Facebook game to test just that. Space Race Blastoff poses a series of surprisingly tough questions -- for example, who launched the first...



Project Unbreakable Gives Sexual Abuse Victims a Voice in Pictures
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:05 PM
Pictures can capture a moment, express a feeling or, with Project Unbreakable, help sexual abuse victims take control over the violence done to them. Project Unbreakable was created in October of 2011 by Grace Brown, a 19-year-old studying at New...



Men Must be Graduates of Elite Universities to Join New Invite-Only Dating Site
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:46 PM
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Sparkology Quick Pitch: Sparkology...



Are These the 10 Funniest Super Bowl Commercials Ever?
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:02 PM
The Super Bowl isn't just the biggest day in American football. It's also the advertising world's shining moment. Brands and agencies pull out all the stops to make an impression on the game's captive audience. Most frequently, they turn to the...



What Humans Want: More Domestic Robots [STUDY]
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:45 PM
People would like to have their own Rosie the Robot -- think The Jetsons -- and would even borrow money to buy a robot that could complete domestic chores. A survey from the marketing analytics firm Persuadable Research shows that 68% of people...



The 10 Most Blatant Design Ripoffs in Social Media
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:24 PM
In the world of social media, discovering that worthwhile original idea for your app or website is by far the hardest thing to get right. It's so hard, in fact -- and the field so potentially lucrative -- that many parties who jump into the field...



Facebook Post Seals Guinness World Record
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:01 PM
Facebook broke a Guinness World Record this week -- and no, this doesn't have to do with the company's much-anticipated IPO. Fans of the Zynga game FrontierVille sought and set a World Record, posting over 1,001,600 comments on a single item. If...



Hulu's Super Bowl Teaser Has Arrested Development Theme [VIDEO]
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:38 PM
Hulu is teasing its new Super Bowl campaign and its plot to turn human brains into "mushymush." The ad will star Will Arnett (Arrested Development, Up All Night) as the latest "TV star" who is surreptitiously trying to rot Earthling brains,...



5,000 Pound Crab-Like Robot Can Walk On Asteroids
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:21 PM
Gravitational pull on most asteroids is pretty low. That's why NASA's rover ATHLETE (All Terrain Hex Limbed Extra Terrestrial Explorer) -- with its dexterous arms and the ability to crawl across low-weight environments -- could become useful in...



YouTube CEO: The Future of Content Is Niche Channels
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:06 PM
The way consumers access and consume media is changing rapidly, YouTube head Salar Kamangar believes, and YouTube is evolving to accommodate it. "We're entering the third wave of media," Kamangar said during an on-stage interview with...



Vevo Made $150 Million Last Year
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:50 PM
Vevo generated $150 million in revenue last year, President and CEO Rio D. Caraeff revealed at AllThingsD's media conference on Tuesday. The two-year-old music video platform, a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music...



Why Social Recommendation Services Need to Get Even More Personal
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:34 PM
Yelp, TripAdvisor and Amazon user reviews aren't enough anymore. Crowd insights are no longer meaningful to the individual simply because they're "user generated." People don't care about finding the needle in the haystack -- unless they trust...



Petitions Demand Apple Improve Foxconn Conditions
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:10 PM
Two online petitions beseech Apple to improve working conditions in the Chinese factories that make its products. The petitions, both filed within the last two weeks, follow a renewed round of criticism directed at the company over labor...



Amazon Rides Kindle Fire to Huge Growth, but Profits Are Down
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:52 PM
Amazon is growing fast. But that growth is outpacing its ability to make money, if the company's quarterly results are any indication. Virtually every area of the company experienced double-digit growth over the same period a year earlier. Net...



Facebook Timeline and Users: Not Quite a Love Affair [POLL RESULTS]
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:34 PM
When news broke last week that Facebook Timeline was coming to all Facebook users, it answered the question many people had been wondering: "What's taking so long?" However, now we're faced with a more pressing question: Is Facebook Timeline for...



 
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